Ode to a nightingale

Question 1

summary stanza 1

Answer 1

listening to the birds song has made him too happy
so he is drowsy

Question 2

stanza 2

Answer 2

wants to nescape with the nighting gale
wine will allow him to do so

Question 3

stanza 3

Answer 3

still adressing the bird - if he could fly away with the nightingale he could escape being human
the human world of beauty and love never last

Question 4

stanza 4

Answer 4

he can fly to the nightingale through wine
or through poetry
even if his human brain might slow him down
he think about a forest

Question 5

stanza 5

Answer 5

speaker describes the forest setting
Romantic nature descriptions

Question 6

stanza 6

Answer 6

as he listens to the nightingales songs he reflects that it would be the perfect time to die
half in love with death - especially in his poetry
however death would prevent him from listening to the nightingales song which would carry on regardless

Question 7

stanza 7

Answer 7

he calls the nightingal immortal
the birds song is the same one heard throughout history

Question 8

stanza 8

Answer 8

reminded on his lonliness
says goodbye to bird
he questions whether it was real or a dream